In the circle of attention of any company is a person who knows how to tell interesting stories, for example, a curious historical fact, a terrible story or a joke. What is a short funny story in the literary sense, and what kind of jokes was told by Pushkin - we will try to consider it together. In addition, we will try to understand how to study the history of Russia by political anecdotes, and when a “beard” grows up at a joke.
What is a joke?
In almost any encyclopedia you can find the meaning of the word. The joke is divided into two types. In the first sense, it is a short funny story with an unexpected witty denouement. This theme includes all thematic jokes (about Vovochka, about mother-in-law, about blondes, about school and others). Relate such stories to the genre of urban folklore. Usually jokes are not recorded, but memorized and transmitted verbally. The events in these stories are most often minor, and the common characters are the characters (husband, director, girl, Russian, American).
The second type includes a historical and biographical joke. What is a joke is easy to understand. Usually a short story about a historical figure or an event that has happened is called a joke. This type is attributed to the literary genre. Moreover, such an anecdote is not always funny, often it is just an instructive story. Short stories can be completely fictitious, truthful and based on real events.
Joke story
In the 18th century, Russian nobles chose France as the standard of fashion. It was from there in the literary sense that a joke came to us. What is a short funny historical plot, of course, they also knew before that time. But it was in the 18th century that the joke gained its true popularity.
If the French simply told funny stories from the life of the princes that happened to them during social meetings and at balls, in Russia the list of topics was expanded, thereby improving the genre. A noble joke could teach:
- patriotism;
- courage;
- courage;
- self-irony.
For example, there was a joke about Prince Bagration, who had a fairly large nose. When they came to inform him that the enemy was "on the nose", he replied: "If on yours, then yes, close. If on mine, I still have time to eat. ” It is known that in stock representatives of high society should have had a lot of jokes. An intelligent person could always tell several new stories at the ball.
In the time of Pushkin
At the beginning of the 19th century, the meaning of the word “joke” was already fully formed. At the time of Pushkin funny stories were treated respectfully and with respect. The "Golden Age" of Russian literature was not without cultural jokes. Stories were told about kings, writers, military figures, noble families. Alexander Sergeevich was both a hero of other people's jokes and a master of telling jokes of his own composition. The characters of Pushkin's comic stories often often became the heroes of works of art. For example, in the joke “Remarks about the riot” there is the character Shvanich, who in “The Captain's Daughter” turned into Shvabrina.
However, after the Decembrist uprising, attitudes towards the nobility changed. His culture began to depreciate. Including the history of the literary genre of short funny stories. And to the fore came the folklore jokes. It is in this form that we know the modern joke.
Political jokes
Among the huge number of jokes on various topics, a political joke stands out. It is difficult to overestimate its value. From these short stories, our contemporaries can easily study the history of Russia and the Soviet Union.
As you know, for a long time such jokes were forbidden. For them it was possible to get a real term in prison. This did not stop the people from composing a huge number of jokes. The history of political jokes begins with Lenin. They mocked the personality of the “leader of the world proletariat”, the October Revolution, and slogans. The next in line was Joseph Stalin. Jokes about him are composed to this day.
In general, people tried to laugh at everything:
- repressions:
- anti-Semitism;
- fascists;
- Afghan war;
- Khrushchev corn;
- Moscow Olympics.
Political jokes come up now. For example, they joke with the Prime Minister - Dmitry Medvedev for his suggestions for teachers to do business, retirees to "hold on", and turn Americano coffee into Rusian.
When does a joke grow a “beard”?
However, a funny story is interesting only once. The repeated joke turns into a “bearded joke”. what such repeated retelling in the company is considered bad manners, everyone knows, but few people realize that the word "button accordion" grew out of this phrase. According to one version, it is believed that this is an abbreviation that stands for: "A bearded anecdote, clearly bored."
The older the joke, the longer his “beard”. And if she is “gray-haired” at the same time, then the jokes are clearly not the skater of the narrator. In addition, the topic of "bearded" jokes has long been a cause for jokes. On the other hand, new stories quickly turn into "button accordions." The Internet does not allow jokes to stay fresh and witty for a long time.